Iranian rage defy government leaders threats

The uprising of Iranians against their clerical government continued Tuesday with protest rallies held by students and calls for nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday.

The mourning ceremony for Nasrin Ghaderi turned into a scene of protest in the western city of Marivan where residents chanted anti-regime slogans.

Ghaderi, 35, who was a philosophy doctoral candidate in Tehran died on Saturday after being beaten by security forces with baton during Friday’s protests.

A video received by Iran International shows a girl cutting her hair at the grave of this young woman, as a symbolic act against forced hijab.

Iran's official news agency IRNA has dismissed media reports that Ghaderi was killed with baton strikes, saying she was "living her normal life" when her family suddenly lost touch with her, and once their son-in-law broke into her residence in Tehran, they found her dead.

In the meantime, several calls for protest have been issued for Wednesday in Zahedan and other cities on the occasion of the 40th day after “Bloody Friday of Zahedan”.

The Bloody Friday in Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan took place September 30, when security forces killed at least 93 people, and injured hundreds more. Zahedan is one of the few Sunni-majority cities in predominantly Shiite Iran.

Videos received by Iran International also show students in various Iranian universities, including Beheshti, Sharif, Kordestan Medical Sciences and Babol Noshirvani staged sit-ins on Tuesday.

Amid high inflation and an economic crisis, a group of retired teachers and civil servants gathered in front of the Planning and Budget Organization in Tehran to demand their unpaid pensions and benefits.